Singing superstar Mariah Carey could be the new face of Walkers Crisps.

The American diva, who is said to be worth £425m, is believed to be in talks with the Leicester-based company to promote the crisps.

The 49-year-old, who has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, is thought to be being lined up to appear on the packets of the snacks.

It is rumoured that the proposed deal would be worth a cool £9 million.

A source at Walkers Crisps said: “It is very early days but this is very, very exciting. Watch this space.”

This proposed deal comes after Walkers signed the Spice Girls for a new campaign.

The band, comprising four of the five original members, shot a new TV advert in the run up to their upcoming UK reunion tour.

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It was not the perfect reunion many had hoped for, as Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice, did not feature in the advert as she was not part of the reunion tour.

It is not known which flavour of crisps is Mariah’ s favourite.

Long-time Walkers’ ambassador Gary Lineker has revealed that his favourite flavour is Salt and Vinegar.

The flavour was once rebranded as ‘Salt and Lineker’ in honour of the former England and Leicester City striker and Match of the Day host.

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That honour was also afforded to Leicester City star Jamie Vardy when a flavour called ‘Vardy Salted’ was produced to mark the striker beating Ruud van Nistelrooy's record as he became the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches.

Walkers also produced a limited number of ‘Salt and Victory’ to commemorate Leicester City’s amazing 5000-1 Premier League title win in 2016.